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Table 1

Demographic characteristics, past medical history, and potential exposures to tuberculosis (TB) of participants with and without known HIV infectiona

Variable

HIV-infected (n = 81)

Negative or unknown HIV status (n = 108)

p value or OR (9 5% CI)b

Mean ± SD, or %

Mean ± SD, or %

Age

31.6 ± 7.0

29.3 ± 11.9

0.13

Male

80

57

3.0 (1.6 to 5.9)

Marital status

Single

59

52

0.42

Married

9

20

0.05

Divorced/widowed

11

28

<0.01

Cohabitant

21

0

<0.01

Y of education

9.6 ± 2.8

10.3 ± 2.1

0.08

No. residents/no. bedrooms

3.0 ± 2.0

2.8 ± 1.4

0.48

Family income

603 ± 333

845 ± 404

<0.01

Family owns home

75

88

0.4 (0.2 to 0.9)

Employedd

63

28

4.4 (2.4 to 8.2)

Exposure to TB at workd

17

3

7.3 (2.0 to 26.4)

Exposure to TB at homed

16

1

20 (2.6 to 160)

Previously treated TBd

27

9

3.6 (1.6 to 8.3)

Ambulatory care at health centersc

21

5

5.5 (1.9 to 16)

Ambulatory care at hospitalsc

40

1

70 (9.3 to 526)

Inpatient carec

14

0

<0.001

Inpatient MoH hospitalsc

11

0

<0.001

Any exposure to hospitalc

44

1

86 (11.4 to 644)

TB prophylaxise

22

0

<0.001

aOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MoH, Ministry of Health.bp values proved when comparing means or when one column had a value of 0.cVariables reported by patients to have occurred during the 12 months before onset of symptoms.dExposure to someone with TB at work or at home during the 12 months before onset of symptoms.eEver in the past.

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